PEARL RIVER, NY – A GoFundMe page has now been set up for Matt VanOrden, a 20-Year-Old Pearl River Volunteer Firefighter who was severely injured while working on a driveway on Dec 5, 2019. VanOrden, would fall over 25 feet into an abandoned well. According to authorities, he was trapped in the well for over […]
BY SCOTT WATERS SPRING VALLEY, NY – Evelyn Stewart of Spring Valley, New York celebrated her 101st birthday on Friday, December 13. She was joined by Rockland County Legislators Aney Paul and Toney Earl, and head of the Spring Valley NAACP Wille Trotman. When Stewart turned 98, video of her boisterous birthday dance went viral […]
The Town of Haverstraw’s new K-9 Police Officer Michael Vigiletti and K-9 dog Karma were presented by Police Chief Peter Murphy at the most recent Town Board Meeting. Karma is 18 months old and was acquired from a K-9 police trainer in Holland. He will be trained for narcotics detection, tracking, article search and criminal […]
Hundreds of volunteers honored the heroic service of fallen soldiers by laying wreaths at all of the more than 7,000 graves in the cemetery at the United States Military Academy at West Point last Saturday, Dec. 7. Through its Community Investment Committee (CIC), O&R fielded a 55-volunteer team and donated $5,000 to the tenth annual […]
The Five Town Supervisors of Rockland County would like to announce the “kick-off” of the Town Cares Coat Drive. The program runs now, through December 23, 2019. The Towns are collecting coats for kids and adults with the help of numerous local dry cleaners. The dry cleaners will clean the coats free of charge, and […]
On Wednesday, December 4, Purchase College, SUNY and its partner Ethos took a page from reality television when they presented their own Startup Pitching Competition, modeled on the popular ABC show Shark Tank. Now in its third year, the competition gave students the opportunity to pitch their business ideas to entrepreneurs and investors. New City […]